"'I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning."   Joseph Priestley

March/April 2012
April Showers Bring May Flowers is what I'm up to these days--a luncheon tea/mini fair fundraiser for the SPARC writing program I direct in Nashua, NH. Check out www.sparcforwomen.org for more information about this lovely afternoon! 
Polishing up May Day Magic to be published this year; no release date yet.
And it's Art in Bloom time again. Check out My News for what piece of art my partner and I drew this time!! 
And at www.everyotherminute.com, I'm blogging about my emotional attachment to trees in WELCOME, WOOD FRIEND; and introducing guest blogger Beth Chariton--check out her CHOICES: BEFORE AND AFTER.  

February 2012
Agh...the publishing queue is filling up quicker than it used to at The Wild Rose Press, and my story gets pushed back a few months.   So May Day Magic will come out after May Day, unless I wait until 2013. I'm leaning toward not waiting...but still deciding the pros and cons.    
I join a group of women for a great writing retreat at a Benedictine Abbey outside of Boston...see www.writeawayretreats.com for more info, and to   find out about the next retreat.
And at www.everyotherminute.com, I'm recapping Valentine's Day in the floral business in 2012, in addition to questioning Republican presidential candidates negative ad strategies in (yes, all in one blog) THE SIREN CALL OF SABOTAGE.  
           
January 2012
Deep breath...I resolve to go   at least a little less than   warp speed   this new year. Putting finishing touches on my   next short story due out in April 2012 for The Wild Rose Press, May Day Magic. See My Writing for an excerpt. Check My News for what else I've been up to. And at   www.everyotherminute.com, I'm writing about what   we all really do know starting this new year, in   YOU KNOW.      

September/October 2011
What an   exciting couple months! SPARC begins.   As does another new venture, Writeaway Retreats, offering writers a community away from home to focus on their writing. And, I commit to Art In Bloom 2012 at the MFA.  See My News for all the details.   And at   www.everyotherminute.com   I'm blogging about   a pet issue of mine, sunscreen, in LET THE SUNSHINE IN.    

July/August 2011
I am awarded a Kip Tiernan Social Justice Fellowship Award to teach writing to women!! See My News...and I'm blogging about it at www.everyotherminute.com:     LEAP OF FAITH    

June 2011
My interview posts on www.longandshortreviews.com on June 14.   Chat with me on the LASR loop on June 15!

May 2011
Art in Bloom!   See My News
Look for my interview on June 14 at www.longandshortreviews.com; and chat with me there on June 15.
FAQ:   How do you make   your character's emotions real?   a la agent and author Donald Maas   at Salem NEC RWA Conference
And at www.everyotherminute.com, I'm blogging about LILIES-OF-MY-HEART

Under A Halloween Moon     Available Now  
www.thewildrosepress.com

Single mother Annika lives a safe existence centered around her five-year-old daughter, a little imp who is growing up faster than Annika wants to admit. Cameron is a widower working constant overtime to cover for a partner on leave, which leaves no time for his five-year-old daughter, let alone a social life. But then Cameron has no interest in the women focused on his long eyelashes, the fit of his jeans, and the size of his paycheck, and Annika has steered clear of the turmoil of relationships ever since her divorce. Are the two destined to remain single? Perhaps, until the Halloween moon when Cameron crosses paths with the bewitching single mother of his daughter's new best friend, and a weekend of mischief, masquerade and magic convinces Annika to take a chance on love.

Reviews
"This light-hearted, fast-paced book was a great way to spend an afternoon...a quick read perfect to lift your spirits and make readers happy...I will definitely look for this author in the future."      
The Romance Studio           Rating:   Four and a half hearts  
http://www.theromancestudio.com/reviews/reviews/underhalloweenmoonbreton.htm  

"This was a short sweet holiday story...a reassuring acknowledgement that magic can be found in the simplest of things."
Night Owl Romance       Rating:   Four hearts  
http://www.nightowlromance.com/nor/Reviews/Lexile-reviews-Under-A-Halloween-Moon-by-Beverly-Breton.aspx

"Ms. Breton weaves a sweet holiday tale in her latest short story...if you are looking for a sweet story to read while waiting for those trick-or-treaters to come ringing your doorbell, you can't go wrong with this one."
Got Romance Reviews       Rating:   Four stars
http://www.amazon.com/Under-A-Halloween-Moon-ebook/product-reviews/B0041KKQQS/ref=dp_db_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1

Specs Appeal           Available Now                        
www.thewildrosepress.com
Living in one place your whole life has advantages, but everyone thinking they know your business isn't one of them.
Liz Matthews is no longer the shy tenth grader nicknamed Four Eyes. Her eleven-year-relationship with her high school sweetheart is definitely over. And she is never dating anyone from her small Indiana town again. Until she walks into the optician's shop and discovers the new owner is the one boy from high school she never forgot. Liz is too raw to put her love life up for town fodder again, and too attracted not to...
David Sherwood is not about to admit he's spent years pining over someone else's girl. Can his silly jokes still make her laugh? Or is he too late for a chance with Liz Matthews...    

Stars In Her Eyes       Available now  
www.thewildrosepress.com

If Dream Man never comes knocking, at least she'll own the door. That's 28-year-old paralegal Karen's new plan, anyhow, to buy her own home, and the reason she's been working every weekend-- until she bends to her best friend's pressure to spend a Saturday at the wave pool. Determined not to be derailed by another dead-end relationship, she avoids looking at the cute curly-haired guy-his friends call him Spence-- carousing out in the waves. But the tide turns as she's caught unaware, a wave pool virgin on her first time in, and swept into a head-on collision with one of his friends. When she manages to stand and open her eyes, the world has disappeared. She sees only Spence surrounded by dancing stars. Has she been knocked silly, or is he gazing right back at her?  
                                                                                                                             

Reviews
"Hunks in trunks, warm sand, sunshine, wave pools and drama...Beverly Breton provides all this and more in her short story...In a few pages, Ms. Breton provides a well-rounded and charming tale full of main and secondary characters that are skillfully woven together in a series of events that changes Karen's destiny...and does it with a wonderful touch of humour."
Long and Short Reviews
http://longandshortreviews.blogspot.com/2009/09/stars-in-her-eyes-by-beverly-breton.html    
   
"Stars In Her Eyes is a sweet story about beginnings and fate taking over when we need that extra push in the right direction."        
You Gotta Read Reviews     You Gotta Read/Highest Rating
http://yougottareadreviews.blogspot.com/2009/09/review-stars-in-her-eyes-by-beverly.html